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BlackBerry buys into encryption
[July 30, 2014]

BlackBerry buys into encryption


(City A.M. (UK) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BlackBerry buys into encryption n ? Not even BlackBerry's acquisition yesterday of Secusmart, a German firm that makes encryption and anti-eavesdropping software, was enough to inspire investors' confidence in the struggling smartphone maker as its shares tumbled 4.42 per cent to $9.51. The acquisition is the latest by the smartphone pioneer to build on niche areas and double-down on BlackBerry's appeal to businesses, eschewing its consumer customer base, in an attempt to reinvent itself under new chief executive John Chen.



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